Archive (Tag: safeguards)
Protecting Your Personal Information in the Digital Age
Whether adding to your shopping cart from your laptop in a café, doom-scrolling social media on the bus ride home from the office, or engaging in work remotely, our online presences make us more vulnerable to invasions of our privacy. So, how can we protect ourselves from risks to our personal information in an era... read more
The Law Society Issues “Guidelines for the Use of Generative AI in the Practice of Law”
The Law Society of Saskatchewan has issued guidelines for the use of generative AI in a lawyer’s practice. You can read that guideline here. The Law Society has also issued three brief videos on the guidelines (Bite Size CPD 124, 125 & 126). You can watch them here. When you read the guideline, you will... read more
How has the Pandemic’s Seismic Shift to Increased Remote Work Affected Privacy?
A recent poll by a global market research and public opinion specialist – IPSOS, revealed that approximately 36% of people who worked from home during the pandemic anticipate a return to their offices on a regular basis in the near future. This means that more than half of paid employees expect a work-from-home environment to... read more
Data Residency Outside Canada for Trustees
Trustees often ask our office about the use of an information management service provider (IMSP) to manage personal health information. Some want to know about using IMSPs linked to companies outside Canada. Once personal health information leaves Canada, it becomes subject to the laws of the country where it resides. If an individual’s personal health... read more